Hair-fastener



(No Model.)

B. P. RYDER.

HAIR FASTENEB... No. 258,128. Patented May16. 1882.

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i WITNESSES I INVENTOJi K PETERS. Phulo-Ulhogmphen Wulflnglun. n.0,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN P. RYDER, OF SOMERVILLE, ASSIGNOR OF THREE-FOURTHS TO U CHARLES F. OOFFIN, ()F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HAlR-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION .forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,128, dated May 16, 1882.

Application filed August 2, 1881. (No model.)

T all whom it may, concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN P. RYDER, of Somerville, county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new-and useful Improvement in a Fastening for Ladies and Childrens Hair, which invention'is fully set forth in the following specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, in which- 7 Figurel shows the fastener complete for use. Fig. 2 shows the blank for the catch or hook. Fig. 3 shows the fastener applied to the hair. Fig. 4 shows the present method of fastening the hair.

The old way of fastening the hair with a string is found by mostladies to be a very uncomfortable operation.

One object of my invention is to produce an improved device for fastening ladies and chil- 'drens hair at the back of the head, before braiding or twisting, more easily and quickly than by the present way of winding a string several times about the hair and then tying in a knot.

Another object of this invention is to pro duce a hair-fastener thatis quickly applied and remains in position withoutslipping. This fastener adjusts itself to the hair. The pressureby the elastic being uniformly distributed holds the hair firmly together. 1

A isthe catch, which is made of metal, and maybe colored to suit. any shade of hair.

B is the elastic, which may be used in any desired way to form the loop for the catch.

0 is theblank for the catch, which is formed from any kind of sheet metal, and is stamped out with a die, or cut out by any other means, to form the books 0 c 0. The blank is then passed through a machine and bent into shape to form the catch A. Hooks c c c of the catch 40 A, when applied, embed themselves in the hair and leave no knot or ends in sight, as is the case bythe present means of fastening.

The object of the catch having three books instead of one is that it can be more easily fastened, as one of the hooks will always be in a convenient position to receive the loop. One

or two books may, however, be used instead of three, if preferred.

I claim as my invention-- 1. In a hairfastener, a catch having two or more hooks made in one piece, as shown and described.

2.;The combination, in a hair-fastener, of a catch having two or more hooks in one piece, 5 with an elastic cord or braid, as and for the purpose before described.

BENJAMIN P. RYDER.

Witnesses Fnanors H.L1NcoLN,

WILLIAM J. QUIRK. 

